The World According to Garp
by George Roy Hill
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Actor: Glenn Close, Hume Cronyn, John Lithgow, Mary Beth Hurt, Robin WilliamsDirector: George Roy Hill
Brand: WILLIAMS,ROBIN
DVD: 2 Layers, Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Unknown; French (Original Language), Unknown; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, HiFi Sound, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 1.85:1
Running Time: 136 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-04-03
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Warner Home Video
DVD Reviews of The World According to Garp
DVD Review: Good film, acting from entire cast
Summary: 4 Stars
I have always liked the film. NEVER read the book, no interest in it.
What makes the film for me is the cast, main cast. Robin showing early in his movie career he could indeed act without his comedy skills.
Glenn in her film debut delivers it perfectly as Jenny.
Best part by far is John as the ex football player. That part could have gone bad real quick but he did a great job with it.
Since this is an old DVD there are NO extras.
It is, horrible, a Warner Brothers release so it has 1 of the horrible cardboard holders you can NOT stack.
A plus, which seems to be disappearing, a chapter search list.
Good to see the film wide screen. And, it does have a good picture quality.
DVD Review: Can be funny if you watch it with a certain perspective
Summary: 2 Stars
I don't think the filmmakers or the author of the book intended to ridicule feminism but this story actually does that quite well. Jennifer (Glenn Close) is clearly a nut case and it is quite amusing to see idiotic women worship her as an icon. She is basically a self-absorbed, man hating b*tch of the worst kind. In fact there is nobody in the entire movie that you are really rooting for, so all that is left is laugh when this bunch of morons finally get their comeuppance or are killed off.DVD Review: Movies are Never as Good as the Book
Summary: 3 Stars
Advice: If you love the book, don't see the movie. But that's pretty much true of most movies that were derived from books...DVD Review: IS AMAZON RUNNING SOME KIND OF A CON?
Summary: 1 Stars
This film ORIGINALLY FEATURED Roblin Williams, Mary Beth Hurt, John Lithgow, and Glen Close. The jacket, as shown in Amazon's Advertisement shows Robin Williams, the house Garp and, his wife and sons lived in and the airplane that crashed into their house one of the scenes in the flims. However, only one of the actors in the original DVD film I have is listed in the actor's credits for the film being sold by amazon (Glen Glose).
The original cast did an excellent job with the film, but who the devil are the actors--(Nathon Babcock, Warren Berlinger, and Susan Browning)--listed above the product Amazon is the trying to dump on unsuspecting public. NOTE: Do the original director, producer and actors know what Amazon is doing to their outstanding The World According to Garp in this bogus version.
DVD Review: Let's Hear It For T.S. Garp!
Summary: 5 Stars
One of my favorite movies of all time. I believe this was Robin Williams second film, released after the horrendous "Popeye" fiasco. Although it takes many liberties with the book, it is by far the best treatment any of Irving's books have ever received. You will run the full gambit of emotions during this film. In the end, you may still not know what to think of it. It one of THOSE movies.
Description of The World According to Garp
Garp is a writer besieged by the eccentric people and the world around him.Genre: Feature Film-Comedy
Rating: R
Release Date: 7-JUN-2005
Media Type: DVD
Aside from being a warmly enjoyable movie, and the best screen adaptation of any John Irving novel, The World According to Garp features several young actors who went on to be among the best in the business. Oscar nominee John Lithgow is the sweetest transsexual ex-pro football player you'd ever hope to meet; Oscar nominee Glenn Close is a sensible, utterly sexless nurse and mother; Amanda Plummer is a mute crime victim; Mary Beth Hurt is a schoolgirl turned wife and mother, the love of T.S. Garp's life and the personification of the idea of Home. And Robin Williams, in his first starring role, has never been better cast--in the role of a human being, that is. This most unusual life story--written by Steve Tesich (Breaking Away) and directed by George Roy Hill (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid)--perfectly captures the tragi-comic, absurdist/humanist worldview of Irving's novel. The opening credits, with a wide-eyed baby floating about the screen to the tune of the Beatles' "When I'm Sixty-Four," sums up the movie's scope and tone. After watching The World According to Garp, you may find yourself marveling anew at the world around you, a strange and wonderful place indeed. --Jim Emerson
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